Apple petition - Slide to Unlock

After so much agony and mental distress, I have decided to officially start an online petition in order to bring back the slide to unlock option

The reason why Apple relinquished the slide option:

I believe that using the home button to unlock your phone suggests that it would be used at least 50 times per day on average. As a result, this will without a shadow of a doubt decrease the life span of the button and thus the phone altogether.